HEX Color #3316AF (Darkblue)

About #3316AF

The precise color #3316AF is an excellent choice for modern design projects. Its closest recognized web color is Darkblue. In the RGB color space, it consists of 51 red, 22 green, and 175 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 71% cyan and 87% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 251.4° hue, 77.7% saturation, and 38.6% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#3316AF

RGB51, 22, 175

HSL251.4°, 77.7%, 38.6%

CMYK71%, 87%, 0%, 31%

HSV251.4°, 87.4%, 68.6%

LAB24.9, 55.0, -73.9

XYZ9.4, 4.4, 40.9

Decimal3348143

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#3316AF #91AF16

Analogous

#1645AF #7F16AF

Triadic

#AF3316 #16AF33

Tetradic

#AF1645 #91AF16 #16AF7F

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#3316AF

#492FB7

#6049C0

#7763C9

#8D7DD2

#A497DB

#BBB1E4

#D1CBED

#E8E5F6

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#3316AF

#2D139B

#271188

#220E74

#1C0C61

#16094D

#11073A

#0B0426

#050213

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

11.20:1

Text on #FFFFFF

AAA

1.87:1

Text on #000000

FAIL

10.71:1

Text on #F8FAFC

AAA

1.59:1

Text on #0F172A

FAIL

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #3316AF; }

.text-color { color: #3316AF; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #3316AF; }

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